Hong Chau
Acting
Born June 25, 1979, Thailand
Hong Chau (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress. She has received several award nominations for her film roles as Ngoc Lan Tran in Downsizing (2017) and as Liz, a nurse, in The Whale (2022), including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter. Chau was born to Vietnamese parents who lived in a refugee camp in Thailand after fleeing Vietnam in the late 1970s. A Vietnamese Catholic church in New Orleans sponsored Chau and her family to move to the United States. She grew up in New Orleans and majored in film studies at Boston University College of Communication before pursuing an acting career. She appeared in the TV series Treme (2010–2013) and the film Inherent Vice (2014). She went on to have supporting roles in the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019) and the Prime Video series Homecoming (2018–2020). Chau has also played leading roles in the 2019 films Driveways and American Woman and further supporting roles in the 2022 film The Menu and the 2023 Netflix series The Night Agent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hong Chau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 2026The Sheep Detectives — Beth Pennock
- 2026“Wuthering Heights” — Nelly
- 2024Kinds of Kindness — Sarah / Sharon / Aka
- 2024The Instigators — Dr. Donna Rivera
- 2023Asteroid City — Polly
- Poker Face — Marge
- 2023Showing Up — Jo
- The Night Agent — Diane Farr
- 2022The Menu — Elsa
- 2022The Whale — Liz
- 2020Artemis Fowl — Opal Koboi (uncredited)
- 2020Driveways — Kathy
- 2019American Woman — Jenny, Executive Producer
- Watchmen — Lady Trieu
- 2018Duck Butter — Glow
- Forever — Sarah
- Homecoming — Audrey Temple
- Big Little Lies — Jackie
- 2017Downsizing — Ngoc Lan Tran
- A to Z — Lora
- BoJack Horseman — Pickles Aplenty (voice)
- 2014Inherent Vice — Jade
- 2014Market Hours — Angela
- $#*! My Dad Says — DJ
- Good Luck Charlie — Theresa
- Treme — Linh
- The Sarah Silverman Program — Asian Masseuse
- American Dad! — Korean Spy (voice)
- How I Met Your Mother — Cook Pu
- NCIS — Molly Choi
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Julie Blanch
- The Ministry of Time — Adela
Appearances as themselves (3)
- The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self